Letters of Note: I am a human being

Letters of Note: I am a human being: In October of 1989, two weeks after a heated meeting in which he informed his hugely influential agent, Michael Ovitz, that he would soon be leaving CAA to join rival agency ICM, screenwriter Joe Eszterhas (Flashdance, Jagged Edge) wrote Ovitz the following defiant letter and stood firm. What was seen by many to be a brave letter quickly circulated Hollywood, and soon other allegations of Ovitz's bullying tactics surfaced. The clash was talk of the industry; Ovitz's denial fell largely on deaf ears.